Mental Health: Painting A Picture Of The Issues With Statistics
Reading Time: 16 minutesA collection of mental health conditions accompanied by some of their facts and figures for Mental Health Awareness Week 2019
Mental Health
Welcome to the mental health category archive. Here you’ll find all the articles that have been indexed as being about mental health.
As the name suggests, here you’ll find all the articles about mental health. The articles will include content about self-care, mental health conditions, coping strategies, advice, and more.
Body Image: An Overview For Mental Health Awareness Week
Reading Time: 13 minutesIn honour of mental health awareness week and its chosen subject, body image, this article will look at a selection of body image disorders
Dieting To Misery: Being Overweight
Reading Time: 5 minutesMy first-hand account of trying to lose weight by dieting, but what I found was that I was dieting to misery. Is weight loss anyway worth it?
Unopened Mail: The Surprising Impact Of Trivial Fears
Reading Time: 5 minutesI discuss the complications of not opening your mail, using my experience to highlight how this behaviour can make your mental health worse
Twitter’s Advice For Supporting Someone With Mental Health Problems
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe second instalment of using my interactions with people on Twitter to generate another advice based article of real-world knowledge
What Is The Mentality Behind Pill Shaming?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis article discusses pill shaming and the impact it has, plus I reflect on my own experience with taking medication for my mental health
The Weird Behaviour Of My Anxiety Disorders
Reading Time: 9 minutesMy anxiety disorders affect me in weird ways, from their triggers to their changing underlying fears and causing psychotic episodes
Taking Antidepressants And Being Forced To Go Cold Turkey
Reading Time: 8 minutesAntidepressants come with a lot of pros and cons, but one thing you’re not meant to do is go cold turkey, so how can you avoid it?
The Unusual Link Between Drug-Induced Psychosis And My Anxieties
Reading Time: 10 minutesI discuss the background of my anxiety disorders and how drug use played their part in their development: drug-induced psychosis
Avoidance: Toxic Family And Protecting Your Wellbeing
Reading Time: 5 minutesInsights into toxic families, their behaviours, and how avoidance of your family can be the best solution to protect your mental wellbeing